Friday, November 11, 2011

When it comes to holiday shopping, there are some items that only work for specific people. After all, you can't exactly give a pink bathrobe and fuzzy slippers to Grandpa while junior probably won't be too thrilled with a gift certificate to the salon.

But there is one thing that the entire family can and will enjoy: tasty treats.

Who can resist a decadent dessert or fresh cheeses or pretty much anything with chocolate? Definitely not me. And especially if I know it is going to be scrumptiously melt-in-your-mouth deliciously flavorful, as everything is when it's from The Swiss Colony.

Experts at celebrating the holiday season, The Swiss Colony offers everything from very traditional baskets to unique and fun boxes of goodies. Whether you are shopping for meats, cheeses, eye-catching morsels, desserts of nearly every possible variety, or more, it never takes much browsing on their website before my mouth is watering at every page.

And I've never actually tried Red Velvet Cake (what's wrong with me?) so I wouldn't mind changing that with the Red Velvet Swirl Cake. Mmm!

I also have no doubt that the salty-sweet combination found in the Chocolate-Covered Potato Chips would ensure that they would disappear immediately if they were given as a gift around here.

After marveling over all of the cakes, cookies, cupcakes and petit fours, when the Chocolate Brownie Cake arrived from The Swiss Colony, I knew that it wasn't going to have much chance of survival with my family's sweet tooth.

Even before I had the classic red tin open, I was admiring the great presentation and effort that The Swiss Colony puts in to making sure that their items are completely ready for gift-giving, whether you have it mailed directly to your recipient or to yourself first.

Opening up the lid for a peek, I could almost hear the chocolate chunks and pecans calling my name.

I lasted all of about 30 seconds before I had to have a taste.

As I suspected: YUM.

The chocolate of the brownie is rich and delicious and the chocolate chunks and pecans throughout only add even more enjoyable flavor... as I suspected, this Chocolate Brownie Cake was a big hit for all of us (I especially liked it after being heated in the microwave for a few seconds) and the nearly 1.5-pound tin of indulgent chocolate disappeared nearly as quickly as it had arrived.

Retailing for $25.95, giving a Brownie Cake would be a very sweet way to celebrate the season for family, friends, teachers, yourself and more. The holidays are right around the corner, so be sure to head over to The Swiss Colony and check out their huge selection to pick out a gift for the lucky recipients on your list today.

And, thanks to the generosity of The Swiss Colony, one person will be able to celebrate the holidays in yummy style as well, because...

One lucky person will win a Chocolate Brownie Cake from The Swiss Colony!

To enter to win: Visit The Swiss Colony and tell me another delicious item you would love to try.

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A big thank you to The Swiss Colony for providing a Chocolate Brownie Cake for me to review as well as for one lucky giveaway winner. The opinions shared are my own and honest and if you really need to see more, click here to see how I roll.